Sometimes successful nan whimsical world of pop, it’s not truthful overmuch astir nan tempo, but nan timing — nan somesthesia of nan moment.
Such was nan lawsuit erstwhile Dua Lipa — nan “New Rules” breakout who went from moving nan runway to moving nan creation level pinch her self-titled 2017 debut.
The 28-year-old diva seemed destined to beryllium 1 of those Best New Artist Grammy winners we ne'er heard from again backmost successful 2019. (Think Taste of Honey, who “Boogie Oogie Oogied” into oblivion aft nabbing that gramophone successful 1979.)
But against each societal media haters, Lipa flipped nan book — correct along pinch her perfectly tossed tresses — erstwhile she turned lockdown into a getdown pinch her 2nd album, “Future Nostalgia,” arsenic nan lowest of nan pandemic blues was mounting successful astatine nan extremity of March 2020.
In fact, pinch specified small abstraction near connected nan creation level of our minds, Lipa fundamentally beat-blocked nary different than Lady Gaga from getting into nan quarantine groove erstwhile her superior set, “Chromatica,” dropped successful May 2020.
After “Future Nostalgia” won nan Best Pop Vocal Album Grammy successful 2021, location was nary stopping Lipa now — and nan British-Albanian creator struck nan cleanable airs for past year’s “Barbie” blockbuster pinch different unshakable hit, “Dance nan Night.”
But successful 2024, erstwhile “Dance nan Night” was defeated by Billie Eilish’s “Barbie” ballad “What Was I Made For?” everyplace it counted — hell, Ryan Gosling’s “I’m Just Ken” moreover sewage much awards-season emotion — it seemed arsenic if Lipa mightiness beryllium astir to propulsion a “Houdini” and vanish from pop-diva preeminence.
Hold for nan crippled twist, though: Just erstwhile Beyoncé went state pinch “Cowboy Carter” and Taylor Swift went moody — again — pinch “The Tortured Poets Department,” Lipa brings nan bop backmost to popular pinch her 3rd medium “Radical Optimism.”
And again, her timing is cleanable to nonstop america shimmying into summer.
This medium is gonna support you bouncing done immoderate you’re going done this season.
If it sounds a batch for illustration “Future Nostalgia Pt. 2,” well, that’s not specified a bad thing, is it? No doubt, Lipa’s past LP is nan twirling template for “Radical Optimism.”
You’ve astir apt already heard nan tempo-setting singles: “Houdini,” “Training Season” and “Illusion” — each solid, nary core-shaking.
Well, there’s much wherever that came from here: Thumping yet tuneful tracks — from nan euphoric “Falling Forever” to nan Latin-laced “Maria” — support nan statement pumping.
Even much midtempo tracks specified arsenic “These Walls,” a bittersweet slow fade, and “French Exit,” which puts a dance-floor twist connected “Irish exit,” person a summertime breeziness to them that will not termination nan barbecue vibe.
And location will hardly beryllium immoderate Swiftian dissection of these lyrics to put your mind to activity astatine nan beach. Lipa exes Anwar Hadid (younger relative of Gigi and Bella), Trevor Noah and French filmmaker Romain Gavras are each safe from immoderate pen assassination here.
Is “Radical Optimism” thing new? Not astatine all. Despite what “End of an Era” — the opening track, showcasing nan singer’s sultry, jazz-kissed transportation — suggests, this is Lipa staying successful her catwalk-strutting lane.
But sometimes “New Rules” request not beryllium applied.
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